Exterior
Ex·te·ri·or
Exterior
a.
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External; outward; pertaining to that which is external; -- opposed to interior; as, the exterior part of a sphere.
Sith nor the exterior nor the inward man Resemble that it was.
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External; on the outside; without the limits of; extrinsic; as, an object exterior to a man, opposed to what is within, or in his mind.
Without exterior help sustained.
- Relating to foreign nations; foreign; as, the exterior relations of a state or kingdom.
Phrases & Compounds
- Exterior angle
- the angle included between any side of a triangle or polygon and the prolongation of the adjacent side; also, an angle included between a line crossing two parallel lines and either of the latter on the outside.
- Exterior side
- the side of the polygon upon which a front of fortification is formed.
Exterior
n.
- The outward surface or part of a thing; that which is external; outside.
- Outward or external deportment, form, or ceremony; visible act; as, the exteriors of religion.